extrication
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Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The extrication was especially challenging with fuel lines running throughout the aircraft's chassis and aviation fuel stored in its wings."
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
The extrication of the federal workforce from routine economic activity means comparisons, even after data reporting returns, will be askew until normalization sets back in.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025
Wenatchee Valley Fire Department Chief Brian Brett said this was the first time his department had been tasked to use extrication equipment for a mountain rescue.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
Nor, in the case of Robinson, could there ever be any extrication of baseball from his message, or his message from the arena of baseball — no matter what the plaque in Cooperstown read.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
In such a state of affairs, ruse was the best course he could adopt—especially as that promised his immediate extrication.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing extrication
David Copperfield
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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